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Tour de France Stage 17: Contador second by a hair, but likely to win overall
In the Tour de France's Stage 17 today, defending champion Alberto Contador hung with rival Andy Schleck up the race's most iconic climb, the Col du Tourmalet. French President Nicolas Sarkozy cheered their effort from the festive sidelines.
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Tour de France Stage 17: Why fans will camp out for days to glimpse cyclists
Mountain stages like the Tour de France's Stage 17 today, which could decide the battle between defending champion Alberto Contador or rising star Andy Schleck, are favorites among spectators.
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Tour de France: Will Contador pay for his breach of cycling's unwritten rules?
Tour de France Stage 15: Alberto Contador won the yellow but some say he committed a breach of race etiquette by attacking in the last climb of Stage 15 just as race leader Andy Schleck's chain popped off.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 07/18
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Alberto Contador strikes hard in Tour de France Stage 12
Alberto Contador today shaved 10 seconds off the lead of Andy Schleck in the Tour de France Stage 12. Lance Armstrong's Team RadioShack took the overall team lead.
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Tour de France Stage 11 turns into 'gladiator arena'
Tour de France Stage 11 finished in a wild sprint, with Mark Cavendish claiming his third stage win. But his HTC-Columbia teammate was disqualified for head-butting another rider.
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Tour de France Stage 10: French riders give strong showing for Bastille Day
The Tour de France Stage 10 was won in a sprint by Portugal’s Sérgio Paulinho. Meanwhile, his RadioShack teammate Lance Armstrong fell another two minutes behind overall leader Andy Schleck.
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Tour de France Stage 9 whittles contenders down to Schleck, Contador
After Stage 8 of the Tour de France took Lance Armstrong out of the race, two other possible contenders – Cadel Evans and Carlos Sastre – lost critical time. Now it's a race between defending champion Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck.
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In Pictures: Scenes from the 2010 Tour de France
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Lance Armstrong, beaten, resigned to Tour de France defeat
Lance Armstrong conceded that his ambitions of an eighth Tour title were at a premature end.
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Lance Armstrong after Tour de France Stage 8: 'My tour's finished'
American cyclist Lance Armstrong got caught up in three crashes and finished Tour de France's Stage 8 13 minutes and 26 seconds behind new race leader Cadel Evans of Team BMC.
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In Stage 6 of Tour de France, Cavendish claims victory again
Mark Cavendish burst into the lead in the final few hundred meters for an exciting end to Stage 6 of the Tour de France. American Tyler Farrar finished second. Tomorrow brings the first mountain stage.
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Tour de France Stage 5: Cavendish redeemed; Lance Armstrong still 18th
British cyclist Mark Cavendish won Stage 5 – his first stage win – of this year's Tour de France after a bumpy start to the 2010 season. Lance Armstrong stands 18th, two minutes and 30 seconds behind the leader after 613 miles of racing.
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Tour de France 101: Is this a race of individuals or teams?
It's both. There is a team winner and an individual winner. It is a team's job to aid its top rider – be it Lance Armstrong or Alberto Contador – in winning the whole Tour de France.
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What to look for in the 2010 Tour de France: Lance Armstrong, 'clean' squads, and cobblestones
As the Tour de France gets under way, the Saxo Bank and Garmin teams – pioneers of a stringent new antidoping standard – were first and second in the team standings. Watch for them to prove that it's possible to win clean.
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Lance Armstrong tweets adios to Tour de France
Lance Armstrong used his Twitter account to announce that this year's Tour de France will be his last.
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The Monitor's View: Tour de Teamwork
Don't forget the supporting riders who made victory possible.
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In Tour de France, Lance back on track for podium
Armstrong says he will join a new team sponsored by RadioShack next year and is still gunning for podium finish in Paris.
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Armstrong: no longer superhuman?
Armstrong admits defeat, but may be back next year.
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Tour de France: Armstrong's team of rivals
At the halfway point, the race drama centers around two teammates vying for another win in the world's premier cycling event.
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Lance Armstrong gives Tour de France new juice
The seven-time champion lines up in Monaco on Saturday for Day 1 of an event looking to overcome the doping-inspired moniker "Tour de Farce."
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